13-letter words containing w, a, t, l, e
- wall streeter — a person who is employed on Wall Street or in the financial district.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water bailiff — an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing
- water blister — a blister that contains a clear, serous fluid, as distinguished from a blood blister, in which the fluid contains blood.
- water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- water leguaan — a large amphibious monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus, which can grow up to 2 or 3 m
- water lettuce — a floating aquatic plant, Pistia stratiotes, of the arum family, having a rosette of thick, spongy leaves.
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water platter — Santa Cruz water lily.
- water quality — Water quality is the degree to which water is clean, and whether it is suitable for drinking, for making plants grow, or for fish to live in, etc.
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- water-soluble — capable of dissolving in water.
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
- waterlessness — Absence of water.
- wearable tech — wearable technology (def 2): items of wearable tech.
- weatherliness — (nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
- well attested — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- well-accepted — generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.
- well-adjusted — arranged or fitted properly: Properly adjusted shelving will accommodate books of various heights.
- well-affected — favourably disposed (towards); steadfast or loyal
- well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
- well-attended — to be present at: to attend a lecture; to attend church.
- well-attested — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- well-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- well-situated — located; placed.
- well-traveled — having traveled, especially to distant places; experienced in travel.
- wellingtonias — Plural form of wellingtonia.
- west atlantic — a group of languages of W Africa constituting a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, and including Fulani and Wolof.
- west caldwell — a town in NE New Jersey.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
- west midlands — a metropolitan county in central England. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- west st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- western larch — a North American larch, Larix occidentalis, having oval cones and found mainly in S British Columbia
- western slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- whale catcher — a vessel engaged in the actual harpooning of whales
- what the hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- white admiral — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- white leather — leather treated with chemicals, as alum or salt; tawed leather.